Strainer.



Nu. 797,266. PATENTED AUG.15, 1905. M. A. GONKLN.

STRAINER.

APPLwATIoN FILED rmx/.10, 1904.

.ell'fllrt'flllle Patr Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Aug. 15, 1905.

Application iiled November l0, 1904. Serial Nov 232,236.

To all 'L1/tem, t Tmty/ concern/1,:

Be it known that il, MARY A. CoNKLiN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Joliet, in the county o'f Will and State of lllinois, have invented new and useful lllnprovennents in trainers, of which the following is a specilication.

lhis invention is an improved strainer :for collee and tea pots, and has for its object to provide an auxiliary strainer which can be placed or removed, as desired, and which can be readily taken apart and cleaned when removed.

lhe invention is illustrated in the acco1npanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view of the strainer applied to a pot. Fig. 2 is an inside View.

Referring specilicall y to the drawings, 6 indicates the coiiee or tea pot, and 7 the spout.

rlhe strainer comprises a plate 8, which is slidable under clips 9, projecting from the inside wall of the pot. At the top the plate has an. outturned linger-piece l0, so that it can be readily taken hold oi' and removed when desired.

ll indicates a strainer el" line-woven wire covering an opening in the plate which registers with the entrance to the spout when the plate is in position.

l2 indicates a coarse strainer comprising a cupped perforated piece of metal. This is held by a seniicireular llange er ledge 13, which is secured. to the plate 8 and is spaced therefrom at the inner edge., forming a recess therebetween into which the rim of the cupped strainer 12 lits. lhe [it is tight enough to normally hold the strainer in place; but it may be slipped out when desired.

l/Vhen the parts are to be cleaned. the plate 8 is pulled out el" the pot and the strainer 12 separated therefrom, so any matter collected between the two strainers can be washed o'l'l'.

W hat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A. strainer for pots, comprising a plate, removably held against the wall of the pot, and having an outturned linger-piece at the top and an opening covered by a line screen opposite the entrance to the spout, a 'flange projecting' frein the inner side ot' the plate under said opening, and a removable cupped coarse screen the rinn of which [its under said flange.

ln testimony whereof l have signed niy naine to this specification in the presence el'I two subscribing witnesses.

MARY A. CUNKLIN.

Witnesses:

WM. l?. BARNiH/ulan'r, Rosmini l-Liiarmrnrr. 

